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Château de Fleury

Château de Fleury

When Charles de Ganay moved into his family's castle Château de Fleury, on the outskirts of the Fontainebleau forest, he brought his own aesthetic to the interiors, adding vivid floral wallpapers to what were originally white plaster walls, and artful ceilings to the main drawing room and dining room.

Château de la Liègue

Château de la Liègue

Designer Hubert de Vinols took on the ambitious renovation of Château de la Liègue in the Auvergne region of France. "My aim was to recreate the atmosphere that existed in former times," he told ELLE DECOR. Though his interiors have a mostly 18th-century feel, Vinols saw that the chateau's rooms acknowledged that their inhabitants are a busy, urban, 20th-cenutry couple."